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boehner knows it. all three of us know it they won't get the tax cut they won't because the democrats won't be able to get the 60i' votes. i'm not sure they're going to throw in the white towel. thank you, todd and steve. >>> up next, john boehner is hearing about his smoking habit. wait until you hear this conversation with bob schaffer and that he licked the habit of smoking and now, he wants the other guy to do it. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 what if every atm was free? tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no more $2, $3 fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no more paying to access your own money. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it'd be like every atm in the world was your atm. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the schwab bank high yield investor checking(tm) account. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 zero atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 a great interest rate. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no minimums. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the biggest thing in checking since checks. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open an account at 1-800-4schwab schwab.com. [ male announcer ] at ge capital, we're out there every d
boehner knows it. all three of us know it they won't get the tax cut they won't because the democrats won't be able to get the 60i' votes. i'm not sure they're going to throw in the white towel. thank you, todd and steve. >>> up next, john boehner is hearing about his smoking habit. wait until you hear this conversation with bob schaffer and that he licked the habit of smoking and now, he wants the other guy to do it. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 what if every atm was free? tdd# 1-800-345-2550...
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i've heard boehner and sarah palin talk about it. both twinning together these two issues pairing them up, as morally equivalent. all of a sudden, he says wait a minute, they move the mosque. i won't burn the koran. i don't think he won the creative writing award. i think he got this idea from somebody else. your thoughts? >> chris, i think that the idea of giving the pastor jones this kind of platform is actually quite stunning to me. i think that this is -- this guy who has a congregation of about 30 seems to be having overinfluence on our international foreign policy and our domestic policy. and it really just puzzles me to no end. >> if you were general petraeus would you have not issued this statement that this guy is a danger to our troops, the prime minister minister of iraq, this is going to cause an east/west problem, would you have not said what those men said? >> i think the best thing to do is what they do sometimes when the taliban takes a hostage. that is, don't say a word. don't make this a bigger deal than it needs to
i've heard boehner and sarah palin talk about it. both twinning together these two issues pairing them up, as morally equivalent. all of a sudden, he says wait a minute, they move the mosque. i won't burn the koran. i don't think he won the creative writing award. i think he got this idea from somebody else. your thoughts? >> chris, i think that the idea of giving the pastor jones this kind of platform is actually quite stunning to me. i think that this is -- this guy who has a...
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what's boehner up to? >> well, what he's saying is thate's rather have tax cuts for the middle class than no tax cut at all.ly repeatedly said in that interview is that he doesn't think that that's what the choice is going to come down to. republans are pushing. boehner has been pushing for an extension across the board of all of the '01 and '03 tax cuts and as far as the political calculation, you, yourself know, chris that class warfare arguments almost never works in american politics. the dnc is working overboard right now, trying to turn this into a referendum on class warfare, but it's just not working. all you need for proof is to get out of washington and come to a place like florida, where i am now, and look at a candidate like alex sink, the democratic nominee in florida. she came out for an extension of all the bush tax cuts. so it's not juocst republicans. a lot of prominent democrats agree with this position as well. >> let me go back -- let me go back to steve. steve, why do you think what's
what's boehner up to? >> well, what he's saying is thate's rather have tax cuts for the middle class than no tax cut at all.ly repeatedly said in that interview is that he doesn't think that that's what the choice is going to come down to. republans are pushing. boehner has been pushing for an extension across the board of all of the '01 and '03 tax cuts and as far as the political calculation, you, yourself know, chris that class warfare arguments almost never works in american politics....
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i paid attention to boehner's speech today. i didn't see anything in there at all that said, hey, that's -- that's really a good idea about creating jobs. what's your take on this? >> well, my take is i think what john boehner is saying, and i think he's completely correct, is one of the big problems in the american economy today, when you talk to small business people, and i do all the time, i know you do, one of the things that's preventing them from hiring is uncertainty, uncertainty about who is going to get taxes increases on them when it comes to january. >> oh, mooiks mike, come on. >> uncertainty about what new big government program is going to come down the pike next. >> let's talk about uncertain, you know what made america great is people had just a big pair and they went out and they took a chance and they got after it. this is about risk. the republicans, i think their economic plan, well, it's got to be guaranteed or it's not going to work. >> no -- >> there's no guarantees in business. >> you're absolutely right
i paid attention to boehner's speech today. i didn't see anything in there at all that said, hey, that's -- that's really a good idea about creating jobs. what's your take on this? >> well, my take is i think what john boehner is saying, and i think he's completely correct, is one of the big problems in the american economy today, when you talk to small business people, and i do all the time, i know you do, one of the things that's preventing them from hiring is uncertainty, uncertainty...
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let boehner be boehner and obama, obama. now to the big number. as the saying goes, it appears the cake is baked this november. per analyst nate silver. what are the chances that republicans will gain control of the house come november 2nd by nightfall? 67% the republicans have a 2-in-3 shot of taking over the house of representatives. tonight's fast rising big bad number. >>> up next republican mike castle was a shoo-in many thought to win the senate seat in delaware. until the tea party challenger rolled over him in the polls. are the republicans on the verge of losing a race that they had in the bag? you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world. i look great in my wedding dress with the help of your amazing light soups. now we're adding even bigger pieces of white-meat chicken. oh, so when's the big day? oh, we got married years ago. but the point is, i fit in it. well, good for you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you g
let boehner be boehner and obama, obama. now to the big number. as the saying goes, it appears the cake is baked this november. per analyst nate silver. what are the chances that republicans will gain control of the house come november 2nd by nightfall? 67% the republicans have a 2-in-3 shot of taking over the house of representatives. tonight's fast rising big bad number. >>> up next republican mike castle was a shoo-in many thought to win the senate seat in delaware. until the tea...
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you know, boehner's never been mr. excitement. he seems like an okay guy. he has regular emotions, the crying doesn't bother me a bit, although i think he does overdo it and it's all about him. but here's the question, a golfing, smoking republican republican, does he have the juice to be with leadership of the republican party, and he has promise, which is, they're going to cut the debt, cut taxes, eliminate health care. is he a leader in that kind of firebrand role? >> well, i don't think he's going to have a problem getting the votes up on the board and making a lot of symbolic statements, whether it's on health care or in some of these investigations. he's promised to hand more power to those committee chairman. they're going to do their own thing, especially on the investigations, which is going to make it hard for that message discipline, which they've all been saying they've had for the past couple of years. but they're going to make those statements and then point to the democrats in senate and say, you're block this, you're the party of know, of co
you know, boehner's never been mr. excitement. he seems like an okay guy. he has regular emotions, the crying doesn't bother me a bit, although i think he does overdo it and it's all about him. but here's the question, a golfing, smoking republican republican, does he have the juice to be with leadership of the republican party, and he has promise, which is, they're going to cut the debt, cut taxes, eliminate health care. is he a leader in that kind of firebrand role? >> well, i don't...
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>> to me, boehner looks like a weak speaker. for the last two years, his job was to say no to everything. >> not that they're the same job. you and i study history. joe mccarthy, i'm not putting bachman in the same category. you have somebody good at attacking democrats and then republicans. mccarthy didn't stop attacking when eisenhower came you in, het attacking. will she keep attacking. >> i think she will. will they start to eat their own? >> he's actually saying grown-up stuff. >> let's have an adult conversation. when they get a lot of compromises, it's a part of doing business in washington, they'll rebet. you'll have dissension. >> the whole idea of the tea party, the puritanist, the pork barrel stuff and people get elected to stuff and have jobs in washington. is there something an septic about the tea party movement that can never bridge the gap with the religiougulars? >> i think they'll learn a hard lesson in washington. people might have a moral obligation to it move forward with the things they've talked you about,
>> to me, boehner looks like a weak speaker. for the last two years, his job was to say no to everything. >> not that they're the same job. you and i study history. joe mccarthy, i'm not putting bachman in the same category. you have somebody good at attacking democrats and then republicans. mccarthy didn't stop attacking when eisenhower came you in, het attacking. will she keep attacking. >> i think she will. will they start to eat their own? >> he's actually saying...
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but likely speaker to be john boehner says he would prefer a merlot to a red slurpee. listen. >> the president has extended an invitation to come, meet together. what is the first sentence you're going to say to him? >> hello, nice to see you. look, i have no personal animosity at all towards the president. i get along with him. >> a slurpee summit in the future? >> i don't know about a slurpee, how about a glass of merlot. >> can you imagine all the comments about elitism and all that as the president said a nice merlot. anyway, that's it for "daily rundown." i have to tease you about one other thing. i just got my first presidential exployatory e-mail. i won't say who it is, but it is only three days after the election. >>> chris jansing and company and among her guests debbie washerman shultz and then at 1:00 p.m., don't miss "andrea mitchell reports." she'll have the latest on today's job's numbers. have a great weekend. we'll see you back here monday and savannah will be, will guess the nation. i think she will still be in india because it is tomorrow oryesterday
but likely speaker to be john boehner says he would prefer a merlot to a red slurpee. listen. >> the president has extended an invitation to come, meet together. what is the first sentence you're going to say to him? >> hello, nice to see you. look, i have no personal animosity at all towards the president. i get along with him. >> a slurpee summit in the future? >> i don't know about a slurpee, how about a glass of merlot. >> can you imagine all the comments about...
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boehner and palin. they hadn't been drawned by this pastor or his colleague, the pastor on the program the other night. never came up in their minds, but today id did come up. this was established publicly in the media. he's grabbed onto it. he has his lifeboat and heard from the lord. i've been watching the tapes down there. the there's some truther nut running behind them with a big sign. so it is a real jamboree. his claim it was done by washington. they are their wires crossed as to who the bad guys are. >> that's the controlled demolition school of thought on what happened on 9/11 that he's attracting there. there suspect a reason to believe a single world he said. do we really believe that we just heard the new york islamic community center is going to be moved? he may think he made that deal. he seems to imagine all sorts of things. but there's no evidence indicating that center would be moved in a situation like this or was going to be move d now we'll sit here and wait. there's going to be a st
boehner and palin. they hadn't been drawned by this pastor or his colleague, the pastor on the program the other night. never came up in their minds, but today id did come up. this was established publicly in the media. he's grabbed onto it. he has his lifeboat and heard from the lord. i've been watching the tapes down there. the there's some truther nut running behind them with a big sign. so it is a real jamboree. his claim it was done by washington. they are their wires crossed as to who the...
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boehner and everybody else -- we should not hold middle class tax cuts hostage any longer. [ applause ] >> republican tax cuts for millionaires, said mr. obama, is part of what led to the mess we're in. i'm steve handelsman, msnbc news, washington. >>> and here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in california, an armed fugitive wanted in washington engaged the police in a dramatic two-hour standoff forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings. the suicidal man spoke to authorities on a cell phone throughout the ordeal while sitting in a car. the suspect eventually sur ro d surrendered after tear gas was fired. he's being held on an outstanding warrant and parole violation. >>> more nasty weather in texas brought on by tropical storm hermine caused dangerous tornadoes to develop and touch ground. the violee spiraling funnel too down power lines, damaged industrial buildings, even sent a semi slamming into the side of a building. no deaths or injuries were reported. >>> also in texas, video of a woman who became stranded in her car in a highway surr
boehner and everybody else -- we should not hold middle class tax cuts hostage any longer. [ applause ] >> republican tax cuts for millionaires, said mr. obama, is part of what led to the mess we're in. i'm steve handelsman, msnbc news, washington. >>> and here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in california, an armed fugitive wanted in washington engaged the police in a dramatic two-hour standoff forcing the evacuation of nearby...
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whether john boehner yanks that gavel out of her hand or not she's going to lose the gavel and airplane and all those things and has to recognize that there was a sounding defeat that liberal agenda took. >> why is everybody so petty? she doesn't get the airplane as minority leader. >> i mean, ultimately -- >> what are you talking about that, throwing a shot at her about the airplane she doesn't get as speaker? she won't be speaker. why did you say she's trying to hold on to the airplane. she doesn't get an airplane as majority leader. that's a cheap shot there. >> i'm surprised they don't get the message that was sent. >> why did you throw in the airplane part? what's that got to do with the american people? >> regardless of all of that -- >> what has that to do with producing jobs. you asked for bipartisan cooperation and then you throw the old skunk at her. you know, why is it relevant whether she has an airplane or not. she won't have one as leader, why bring it up? why did you bring it up? >> i told you at the beginning what our agenda will be. >> your agenda seems to be to dump on
whether john boehner yanks that gavel out of her hand or not she's going to lose the gavel and airplane and all those things and has to recognize that there was a sounding defeat that liberal agenda took. >> why is everybody so petty? she doesn't get the airplane as minority leader. >> i mean, ultimately -- >> what are you talking about that, throwing a shot at her about the airplane she doesn't get as speaker? she won't be speaker. why did you say she's trying to hold on to...
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boehner was asked what he would prefer. he said he would prefer a glass of merlot. rz red wine, the drink of the red states, perhaps. next, here's new jersey governor chris christie on making the big run for president, or not. >> i've said, i don't want to, i'm not going to, there's zero chance i will, i don't feel like i'm ready to be president, i don't want to run for president, i don't have the fire in the belly to run for president, but yet everybody still thinks, well, he's left the door open a little bit. you know, short of suicide, i don't really know what i'd have to do to convince you people that i'm not running. i'm not running. >> i love the way this guy talks. and i have to say, i like the guy. christie may not run in 2012, but boy, will he have an impact if a guy with that kind of moxie makes an endorsement. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business." t to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup
boehner was asked what he would prefer. he said he would prefer a glass of merlot. rz red wine, the drink of the red states, perhaps. next, here's new jersey governor chris christie on making the big run for president, or not. >> i've said, i don't want to, i'm not going to, there's zero chance i will, i don't feel like i'm ready to be president, i don't want to run for president, i don't have the fire in the belly to run for president, but yet everybody still thinks, well, he's left the...
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john boehner voted no. tax cuts for ohio's unemployed workers. john boehner voted no. tax cut for millionaires that adds $700 billion to the deficit but won't create jobs. john boehner votes yes. for everyone who thinks millionaires need a break, there's john boehner. for everyone else there's justin coussoule. >> the gulf thing works every time. boehner does not care about the middle class americans in this country. joining me now is justin ca sewell lis, the democratic candidate running against banner ohio as a eighth district. justin, how do you feel about this race right now? sources have told me that you had cold feet about a month ago. then things kind of turned around a little bit when you got support from people who didn't want to be aggressive on baner. where do you stand now? >> sure, ed. i've never had cold feet. we've been working hard on the ground since seven months ago when when first got in the race. the billboards, some national press helped move us along. we're an all volunteer operation here and a real grassroots campaign. i'm feeling great. i think
john boehner voted no. tax cuts for ohio's unemployed workers. john boehner voted no. tax cut for millionaires that adds $700 billion to the deficit but won't create jobs. john boehner votes yes. for everyone who thinks millionaires need a break, there's john boehner. for everyone else there's justin coussoule. >> the gulf thing works every time. boehner does not care about the middle class americans in this country. joining me now is justin ca sewell lis, the democratic candidate running...
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boehner's two-step plan to create jobs, unveiled today. meantime the gallup poll that gave republicans an unprecedented ten-point edge in the mid term elections has reverted back to zero. the party is dead even in one week. to the minority leader's home state where the president gave another major speech reflecting the stark choice for november. in cleveland he called for tax cuts for businesses but offered no compromise on allowing bush tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest americans. >> with all the republicans' talk about wanting to shrink the deficit they would have us borrow $700 billion over the next ten years to give a tax cut of about $100,000 each to folks who are already millionaires. so let me be clear to mr. boehner and everybody else. we should not hold middle class tax cuts hostage any longer. we are ready this week if they want to give tax cuts to every american making $250,000 or less. that's 98%, 97% of americans. >> the president correctly noted the republicans are even blocking ideas they would normally support including
boehner's two-step plan to create jobs, unveiled today. meantime the gallup poll that gave republicans an unprecedented ten-point edge in the mid term elections has reverted back to zero. the party is dead even in one week. to the minority leader's home state where the president gave another major speech reflecting the stark choice for november. in cleveland he called for tax cuts for businesses but offered no compromise on allowing bush tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest americans. >>...
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>> i support john boehner for speaker. you know, you look at the difference now of what we're about as republicans and what democrats are about over this -- the course of this august recess. i would venture to say that democrats have gone into hiding whereas john boehner and i are talking about what to expect if we're a majorilistening. >> congressman eric cantor, republican whip from richmond this morning, thank you, sir, for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next, tim pawlenty trying to raise the image in iowa. in colorado, the democratic senate hopeful picked by the white house is in big trouble. >>> but first, instead of "washington speak," the journo-speak. evergreen, that is speak for a news story that can be aired at any time, it's not time sensitive or tied to a news event. like an evergreen, stays fresh forever. >> like shark week. kind of evergreenish. if you have washington speak or how about journo-speak to clarify, send us an e-mail. that's my dad back there. the man loves his cheese. the only
>> i support john boehner for speaker. you know, you look at the difference now of what we're about as republicans and what democrats are about over this -- the course of this august recess. i would venture to say that democrats have gone into hiding whereas john boehner and i are talking about what to expect if we're a majorilistening. >> congressman eric cantor, republican whip from richmond this morning, thank you, sir, for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you....
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if the gop takes power, how will john boehner run the house. the whatnot to do lesson he got from newt gingrich, coming up. >>> they turned out big for obama in 2008. what's it going to take to get the young voters to vote this tuesday. >>> a look ahead at the president's schedule today. you are watching the daily run down on halloween on msnbc. to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like that will happen. don't just think about it. spend 10 minutes at lendingtree and save up to $272 a month. each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marr
if the gop takes power, how will john boehner run the house. the whatnot to do lesson he got from newt gingrich, coming up. >>> they turned out big for obama in 2008. what's it going to take to get the young voters to vote this tuesday. >>> a look ahead at the president's schedule today. you are watching the daily run down on halloween on msnbc. to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage -- that would be awesome! [sarcastically] sure. like that will happen. don't just think...
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. >> to the question of spending -- >> john boehner with a little back and forth with some members of the press. just before we went to him, he was saying that he thinks it's a good bill that passed last night, but he also thinks congress has to get to work on it. i'll quote him here, the job killing spending binge that the government has been on. let's bring mindy, simon and steven back. it is the season. i believe in santa claus. so, i like to believe, as some people have suggested, steve, that this bipartisan achievement could be and i'm going to read from "new york times" the pro prototype for future hard bargain compromises. is thought what we saw? >> the congress that negotiated is going to change significantly in the next few weeks and you have a congress coming in. if you look, there's an ominous sign of what happened in the senate last night where the spending bill basically died. they're not going to vote and they're going to pass another temporary extension. why did it die? it died because of a republican result over earmarks. it makes up a fraction of over 1% over this who
. >> to the question of spending -- >> john boehner with a little back and forth with some members of the press. just before we went to him, he was saying that he thinks it's a good bill that passed last night, but he also thinks congress has to get to work on it. i'll quote him here, the job killing spending binge that the government has been on. let's bring mindy, simon and steven back. it is the season. i believe in santa claus. so, i like to believe, as some people have...
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>> no, i think john boehner is seen as another inside the beltway politician. john boehner in the congressional leadership when this got screwed up and he was part of the problem and hardly able to come back and be part of the solution. he does not have the credibility with the american people to let them sort of work outside the box. >> let me ask you to hold on for just a second, governor. i want to go to trish regan does have those numbers. what do they say, these new home sale numbers, trish? >> new all-time low. lowest on the record. july new home sales down 12.4%. a lot of analysts have actually been anticipating them to come in around the flat line because we did have a very good month just last month, that was in june when it was up 12.1%. but a real decline here. in fact, i want to share with you some other data that came in. average sales price has fallen 14.2% over the course of the last year. again, we're looking at the lowest new homes recorded on record since they've been watching this data. so, certainly, not a good sign for the housing market. a
>> no, i think john boehner is seen as another inside the beltway politician. john boehner in the congressional leadership when this got screwed up and he was part of the problem and hardly able to come back and be part of the solution. he does not have the credibility with the american people to let them sort of work outside the box. >> let me ask you to hold on for just a second, governor. i want to go to trish regan does have those numbers. what do they say, these new home sale...
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boehner's democratic challenger in ohio's eighth district. justin, good to have you with us tonight. let's see, your competition's been on the front cover of "newsweek," and now a big article in "vanity fair." how do you feel about your campaign the way it's going right now? is that free media, or what? >> that's right. it's going to be the upset of the year, ed, i'm tell you that right now. >> you've gate chance of winning this. >> oh, yeah, absolutely, ed. what they're not talking about in the national media is all of the things that boehner's done for the first time in 20 years. he's spent about $500,000 on radio and tv. paying people to deliver literature. delivering a get out of the vote campaign next week. we know that we're giving him a fight. they're doing internal polling and we know that they're running scared. >> okay, your internal polling shows that you have a shot at beating the man who's running around the country claiming that he's going to be the next speaker of the house. and i'm going to ask you this again tonight as i did
boehner's democratic challenger in ohio's eighth district. justin, good to have you with us tonight. let's see, your competition's been on the front cover of "newsweek," and now a big article in "vanity fair." how do you feel about your campaign the way it's going right now? is that free media, or what? >> that's right. it's going to be the upset of the year, ed, i'm tell you that right now. >> you've gate chance of winning this. >> oh, yeah, absolutely,...
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this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge on these fights. for which side is winning, we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon and todd harris a republican strategist. do you think it's fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here's a guy that puts a bomb together, he's a naturalized citizen. he's caught within 50 hours, they put him away. we follow the lead back to pakistan. pretty good work there. what's the problem? >> there's no question, there's been some phenomenal police work after the fact. the question is, the only thing that kept this bomb from going off was the fact that apparently the guy wasn't a very good bomb-maker. it's not like the plot was foiled. i think that while the police work in terms of apprehending him has been phenomenal, there have been a lot of questions raised about how all of this was handled. one of the most troubling for me in terms of where this might become po
this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge on these fights. for which side is winning, we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon and todd harris a republican strategist. do you think it's fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here's a guy that puts a bomb together, he's a naturalized citizen. he's caught within 50 hours, they put him away. we follow the...
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but here is the point that i made to john boehner and mitch mcconnell. bipa bipartisanship can't be that i agree to all the things that they believe in or want and they agree to none of the things that i believe in and want and that's the price of bipartisanship, right? that's sometimes the way it gets presented. mitch mcconnell said something very nice in the meeting about how he supports our goals on nuclear energy and clean coal technology and more drilling to increase oil production. well, of course he likes that. that's part of the republican agenda for energy, which i accept. and i'm willing to move off some of the preferences of my party in order to meet them halfway. but there's got to be some give from their side as well. that's true on health care. that's true on energy. that's true on financial reform. that's what i'm hoping gets accomplished at the summit. >> the senate bill can't pass any more? >> what i agree with is that the public has soured on the process that they saw over the last year. i think that actually contaminates how they view
but here is the point that i made to john boehner and mitch mcconnell. bipa bipartisanship can't be that i agree to all the things that they believe in or want and they agree to none of the things that i believe in and want and that's the price of bipartisanship, right? that's sometimes the way it gets presented. mitch mcconnell said something very nice in the meeting about how he supports our goals on nuclear energy and clean coal technology and more drilling to increase oil production. well,...
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>> john, what did you make of congressman boehner's comments today? >> well, he's going back as he did in the health care debate to saying we're not just the party of no, we're the party of hell no. you see john boehner trying to play on the anger, and what you see are individual democratic candidates trying to deflect the anger away from washington and democratic incumbents to wall street. mary joe kilroy goes after boehner and stivers saying they'll take us back. not easy argument make to make, but that's what they're trying to do. >> and how is that message resonating? john boehner talking about the government is out of control, runaway spending, the tax cuts. then he says this election is going to be about jobs. is that resonating for the republicans out there are they campaigning? are they repeating the pledge as they unveiled it here in washington? >> well, most republican candidates aren't that tied up with the pledge, because there's not much in the pledge. it's mostly platitudes and noncontroversial proposals because they didn't get into spec
>> john, what did you make of congressman boehner's comments today? >> well, he's going back as he did in the health care debate to saying we're not just the party of no, we're the party of hell no. you see john boehner trying to play on the anger, and what you see are individual democratic candidates trying to deflect the anger away from washington and democratic incumbents to wall street. mary joe kilroy goes after boehner and stivers saying they'll take us back. not easy argument...
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. >> the president is about to give a speech where john boehner spoke two weeks ago, take on john boehner and try to fight back against this whole idea of a tax break, continuing the tax break, which takes an affirmative act, extending the tax break for the wealthy, make a populist argument out of this. but is he also missing the point politically in saying it's all about infrastructure? is that a rallying cry to try to get the uninspired obama surge voters back to the polls and save the day for democrats? >> understanding the white house strategy at this point, clearly they have to engage on the issue of the economy. the economy is the contextual issue that makes all the difference for this election. they have got to talk about it. they have to talk about it in a constructive way. talking about infrastructure used to be something that had sort of bipartisan resonance in the country, even the fight around the stimulus, a lot of republicans who criticized the stimulus and said if it was more infrastructure item support it. in a way the political impact of this is not that it's going to put
. >> the president is about to give a speech where john boehner spoke two weeks ago, take on john boehner and try to fight back against this whole idea of a tax break, continuing the tax break, which takes an affirmative act, extending the tax break for the wealthy, make a populist argument out of this. but is he also missing the point politically in saying it's all about infrastructure? is that a rallying cry to try to get the uninspired obama surge voters back to the polls and save the...
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could strike that deal in 45 minutes it is all about how mccouncil and boehner deal, whether they are in the majority or minority. >> okay, but howard, they are back benchers now, new back benchers, crazy people, if you will, won't be so crazy 'cause they will want to do something about the debt that san area where there is common sense that could prevail. >> well, the only problem here is, chris, unlike the '90s that you were talking about or even farther back than that, under these scenario, not going to be any conservative democrats left, not going to be any blue dogs, as we have been calling them and those people were crucial, kind of crucial balance in the middle to helping stitch -- to mix my metaphors, to -- that's gone. i think that is going to be gone. these parties are more and more like pearlment tary -- >> maybe the president has to leap frog that. >> he has got to do it. mark is right. >> if he doesn't deal with the debt under these circumstances, with the debt collision, with the conservative house, we will never deal with t thank you, mark halperin, thank you, howard fi
could strike that deal in 45 minutes it is all about how mccouncil and boehner deal, whether they are in the majority or minority. >> okay, but howard, they are back benchers now, new back benchers, crazy people, if you will, won't be so crazy 'cause they will want to do something about the debt that san area where there is common sense that could prevail. >> well, the only problem here is, chris, unlike the '90s that you were talking about or even farther back than that, under...
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boehner, where are the jobs? now to discuss where the right is living in the united states of making crap up, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. >> good evening, keith. thank you for that. >> can we do this in sync, papers? >> ready? >> let's go. >> your turn. >> that was spectacular. i quit. you peaked. it's over. >> is lawrence ready to go? i'll have a quick pop word process lewis. >> thank you, goodnight. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. oh my god! oh my god, oh my god, did you hear? did you hear, get this, one-tenth of the entire united states navy and $200 million a day is what it's going to take to send barack obama on a trip tondia? taxpayers are spending $200 million a day and the u.s. navy is providing 34 war ships to send barack obama to india? did you hear about that? i totally heard about this. >> just within a day or so, the president of the united states will be taking a trip to india that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. he's taking 2,000 p
boehner, where are the jobs? now to discuss where the right is living in the united states of making crap up, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. >> good evening, keith. thank you for that. >> can we do this in sync, papers? >> ready? >> let's go. >> your turn. >> that was spectacular. i quit. you peaked. it's over. >> is lawrence ready to go? i'll have a quick pop word process lewis. >> thank you, goodnight. thanks to you at home for...
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boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. >>> the president says "i feel bad." let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york. leading off tonight, shellacking. that's what president obama called what happened to democrats last night. roughly, 65 seats in the house, at least six in the senate and ten governorships went from democratic to republican. president obama called it a shellacking. he conceded today that voters were unhappy with the economy and with his failure to change the way washington works. but he also said republican tax cuts alone won't solve the problem. can he turn things around as bill clinton did after 1994? that's our top story tonight. the biggest story of the campaign was the rise of the tea party. did they help the republicans win the house? did they cost the gop the senate? can they go from throwing tantrums to gallon -- to governing? >>> plus, candidates start your engines. the 2012 presidential race begins now. we'll look at
boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. >>> the president says "i feel bad." let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york. leading off tonight, shellacking. that's what president obama called what happened to democrats last night. roughly, 65 seats in the house, at least six in the senate and ten governorships went from democratic to republican. president obama called it a shellacking. he...
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boehner, where are the jobs? good night and good luck. >>> traveling man. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, where in the world is barack obama? last friday the same week the president lost control of congress, he left the country for asia. first from india. then from indonesia, we got pictures of him and the first lady dancing with the local people. it was all in traditional costume, all very festive. the question today, is this any way to treat an american elect orate, an angry elect orate to hold a press conferencea, anounce no new changes and leave town the same they that speaker pelosi says that she's staying? what's the message here? that the message of the voter lies in the inbox at the white house? we'll get to it when we get time. we'll get to it when we get back into the country, okay. he had the g-20 meeting, but that was tomorrow. why did he have to leave last friday? a full week ahead of that meeting. >>> and once more, it look like the white house may give into republican demands to
boehner, where are the jobs? good night and good luck. >>> traveling man. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, where in the world is barack obama? last friday the same week the president lost control of congress, he left the country for asia. first from india. then from indonesia, we got pictures of him and the first lady dancing with the local people. it was all in traditional costume, all very festive. the...
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boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> to discuss why the democrats aren't getting the message about republicans, they're not that into you. ladies and gentlemen, here's rachel maddow. >> can i see that switch? >> sure, what about it? >> did you -- >> i just -- i want one. really bad. >> why? what do you want to do with it? >> that's the problem. it's a yearning. >> i'll give you the -- acme company has a website and toll free number. you can order this or contact wiley coyote who works with them now because he can't get around anymore after the bad products. shall i do this and then you can make the sound? >> i'm worried it would go out. >> well, not just out. we'll point away from the tree and i'll give you five, four, three, two, one. excellent. >> thank you, keith. >> get rid of this. >> awesome. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. they just lit the gigantic christmas tree outside as you just saw. besides the big, big don't ask, don't tell news and unemployment
boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> to discuss why the democrats aren't getting the message about republicans, they're not that into you. ladies and gentlemen, here's rachel maddow. >> can i see that switch? >> sure, what about it? >> did you -- >> i just -- i want one. really bad. >> why? what do you want to do with it? >> that's the problem. it's a yearning. >> i'll give you the -- acme company has...
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the one thing about boehner's video. did you notice there was not one idea in it? it was just complaint, complaint, complaint. question, question, question? and that's what i think they have to point out. >> yeah, i think that's where the soft underbelly is of the republicans. >> yeah. that's it. >> a year ago this time there were the tea partiers out there who were frustrated. okay. fast forward a year. where are we now? what have the republicans done other than get in the way of trying to help americans and set the table for the job creation? >> you can't allow -- >> it would seem to me -- go ahead. >> you can't allow boehner to ask the president why aren't you creating jobs? the republicans have gotten in the way of every single piece of legislation that would create jobs. the other financial statement was that the financial reform was the equivalent of killing an ant with a nuclear bomb, right? is that -- is that what he thinks 26 million people out of work is, that's an ant to him? is one out of eight people losing their thunderstorms foreclosure, is that an a
the one thing about boehner's video. did you notice there was not one idea in it? it was just complaint, complaint, complaint. question, question, question? and that's what i think they have to point out. >> yeah, i think that's where the soft underbelly is of the republicans. >> yeah. that's it. >> a year ago this time there were the tea partiers out there who were frustrated. okay. fast forward a year. where are we now? what have the republicans done other than get in the...
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. >> reporter: but the soon-to-be new house speaker, john boehner, says voters told the president to change course on taxes, spending and debt. >> it's pretty clear that the obama/pelosi agenda is being rejected by the american people. >> nancy pelosi has laid low, aides say she's considering her future. republicans made her a target and stripped the speakership from the woman once called the most powerful in washington. >> no regrets because we believe we did the right thing and we worked very hard in our campaigns to convey that to the american people. >> president obama says he's ready to compromise on global warming. and he made no mention of his pre-election promise to hike taxes on the rich. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> the post-election dust has yet to settle in washington, but already the opinions are rolling in on which issue republicans should take on first with their newly minted majority in the house. last night on "hardball with chris mathews" he asked representatives to weigh in on what they think the gop should make its top priority. >> i would lis
. >> reporter: but the soon-to-be new house speaker, john boehner, says voters told the president to change course on taxes, spending and debt. >> it's pretty clear that the obama/pelosi agenda is being rejected by the american people. >> nancy pelosi has laid low, aides say she's considering her future. republicans made her a target and stripped the speakership from the woman once called the most powerful in washington. >> no regrets because we believe we did the right...
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we talked about boehner. you have to ask yourself, boehner is a conservative, by conviction and belief closer to the tea party than he is pelosi and the president of the united states and also by self-interests, by political self-interests. he has got to align himself with the driving force inside his party that gave him those 65 seats so that tells me where john boehner is going. he is going tonight leader of the republican/tea party. he is going to be ready to battle, i think, with the white house. take one issue, chris, social security. social security, take it up to 68, 69 years old, you won't be able to raise taxes to social security reform, the tea party will hold the republican party back and the democratic left will not let you cut benefits. i think we are really looking at gridlock. >> i think people in the tea party excuse older may not be that interested either in raising the age of social security or taking a chunk out of medicare. i mean, boehner is, you know, first most, a politician, more than
we talked about boehner. you have to ask yourself, boehner is a conservative, by conviction and belief closer to the tea party than he is pelosi and the president of the united states and also by self-interests, by political self-interests. he has got to align himself with the driving force inside his party that gave him those 65 seats so that tells me where john boehner is going. he is going tonight leader of the republican/tea party. he is going to be ready to battle, i think, with the white...
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he's now got a plan to hammer boehner in his own backyard. i love it. congressman cummings will be here to tee off in that one in the battleground. >>> and a radical right wing pastor plans burn a koran day on september 11th. general petraeus says it puts our troops in danger. protesters are burning american flags calling death to america, and this pastor could care less about the damage he's doing. whatever happened about responsibility, freedom of speech in this country? that's all coming up in the playbook. this is the story that has me fired up tonight. liberals and every other american who voted for change just 22 months ago. you need wake up. get it together, get engaged. don't pay attention to the polls. we're a long way from election day. i don't believe that people put a 22-month deadline on turning this country around, the mess that we were all handed. the naacp, that's why thousands of working class americans will flood the national mall, the lincoln memorial, on saturday, october 2nd. i'll be one of the featured speakers there. we're going t
he's now got a plan to hammer boehner in his own backyard. i love it. congressman cummings will be here to tee off in that one in the battleground. >>> and a radical right wing pastor plans burn a koran day on september 11th. general petraeus says it puts our troops in danger. protesters are burning american flags calling death to america, and this pastor could care less about the damage he's doing. whatever happened about responsibility, freedom of speech in this country? that's all...
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it's all about boehner and mcconnell deal. >> but, howard, they're back benchers now. they're crazy people, if you will, won't be so crazy because they'll want to do something about the debt. that's an area where this common sense that could prevail. >> well, the only problem here is, chris, and unlike the '90s that you were talking about or even farther back than that, almost -- almost under all of these scenarios not going to be any conservative democrats left. not going to be any blue dogs as we're calling them. >> i know. >> kind of crucial. a crucial balance win in the middle to kind of -- to mix my metaphors to -- that's gone. i think that's going to be gone. these parent, more and more like parliamentary european parliamentary parents. >> maybe the president has to leapfrog that. >> he's got to do it. mark's right. >> if he doesn't deal with the debt under these circstainses with the debt commission, with the conservative house, we'll never deal with it. anyway, thank you mark halperin, thank you howard fineman. >>> up next we've got facts on the florida's candi
it's all about boehner and mcconnell deal. >> but, howard, they're back benchers now. they're crazy people, if you will, won't be so crazy because they'll want to do something about the debt. that's an area where this common sense that could prevail. >> well, the only problem here is, chris, and unlike the '90s that you were talking about or even farther back than that, almost -- almost under all of these scenarios not going to be any conservative democrats left. not going to be any...
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yeah, i think as you've heard leader boehner say, we'll have to have a serious discussion with the american people. i do want to say like in social security, we have an obligation, a contractual obligation with the people that have retired and paid into the system to honor that. one way you make that system more solvent is get the economy going and people back to work. that's why deficit spending is such a big problem. if we don't address it, it'll happen by default not long down the road. >> have you promised by senator boehner you'll not be redistrict into another strict of congress? >> no. there's been no promises made on any subject to me. >> congress-elect bob gibbs, welcome to washington. congratulations again. we'll keep checking in with you. >> okay, thank you. >> trivia time. outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi and house majority leader steny hoyer. both interned for the same senator. maryland senator daniel brewster. >>> what the polls tell us about president obama's standing in the key area where the white house battle will be waged. >>> it is chili. air force one style today. th
yeah, i think as you've heard leader boehner say, we'll have to have a serious discussion with the american people. i do want to say like in social security, we have an obligation, a contractual obligation with the people that have retired and paid into the system to honor that. one way you make that system more solvent is get the economy going and people back to work. that's why deficit spending is such a big problem. if we don't address it, it'll happen by default not long down the road....
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i might add that john boehner the republican leader, wants to repeal the recently passed wall street reform bill. so they want to repeal the wall street reform bill designed to rein in wall street and then they at the same time want to hand more of our seniors' retirement money and our future money over to wall street so they can gamble with it as we saw in the financial meltdown. that's irresponsible. and we need to get the word out because that is what they plan to do, just read their own road map. >> i understand that. what i noticed from president obama and from what you just said you guys are arguing against privatization. that makes sense but you're not saying you won't cut social security. i'm afraid the reason for that is because that obama deficit commission is going to come in and say cut social security. >> well, the democratic caucus was very clear. we had a big gathering on the side of the capitol just before we left to celebrate the 75th anniversary of social security. and it was very clear that the democrats do not support cuts to social security. that is the position
i might add that john boehner the republican leader, wants to repeal the recently passed wall street reform bill. so they want to repeal the wall street reform bill designed to rein in wall street and then they at the same time want to hand more of our seniors' retirement money and our future money over to wall street so they can gamble with it as we saw in the financial meltdown. that's irresponsible. and we need to get the word out because that is what they plan to do, just read their own...
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it may be john boehner. if john boehner's the only candidate running, i'll be voting for john boehner. i hope that the republicans do get control of the house and then i'll look at all of the candidates and weigh it accordingly. >> where did you get that picture? all of this depends how much and how big the tea party wins on tuesday. maybe they'll really take over the house. >>> final leap a big lifetime mea culpa in wisconsin. rebecca kleefisch, the republican running for lieutenant governor out there, is getting heat for her january interview with a local christian radio station. here's kleefisch explaining her stance against domestic partner benefits for gay state employees. >> we can't, at this point, afford to just be handing out money to anyone. this is a slippery slope. in addition to that, at what point are we going to marrying inanimate objects? can i marry this table, or this you know clock? can we marry dogs? this is ridiculous. >> how about two people who love each other getting married? how abou
it may be john boehner. if john boehner's the only candidate running, i'll be voting for john boehner. i hope that the republicans do get control of the house and then i'll look at all of the candidates and weigh it accordingly. >> where did you get that picture? all of this depends how much and how big the tea party wins on tuesday. maybe they'll really take over the house. >>> final leap a big lifetime mea culpa in wisconsin. rebecca kleefisch, the republican running for...
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that president obama wi fight boehner and the republicans and i was kind of split on it and it turns out so were you. 49% say yes, i hope that they're right but 51% said no. fortunately i probably agree with them. depends on how hard he fights. i'm cenc. thanks for watching. ed schultz is back on monday. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> democrats to voters, no change. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, who takes the fall? this tuesday, voters demanded change. as of this friday, democrats have their answer. no change coming. nothing. the white house staff, great team, doing great, why change? no change there. the cabinet, doing a great job, everybody, why change? no change there. and the congressional leadership, why change? no change. today nancy pelosi said she will remain as the house democratic leader. harry reid stays on as the leader of the senate democrats. so let's see, after the biggest democratic defeat in the house since 1938, more than 60 seats gone, no change in the cabinet, no change in the
that president obama wi fight boehner and the republicans and i was kind of split on it and it turns out so were you. 49% say yes, i hope that they're right but 51% said no. fortunately i probably agree with them. depends on how hard he fights. i'm cenc. thanks for watching. ed schultz is back on monday. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> democrats to voters, no change. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in...
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i -- i do find congressman boehner's statement to be distinctly unhelpful, however. as pat says, the fact is, the local authorities, local police, fbi, the national intelligence folks, worked very closely together. they captured this guy in 53 hours. i mean, that is really extraordinary. i think when it comes to no-fly list, they had 24 hours to put a name on there. the name was on the fly list, they just didn't check it. now they're going to go to two hours. so i think you're always doing this. i think the interesting point is pat's point, alex. they were going to the big bang theory, al qaeda was. they had to do something greater than the last. and the thing that we have always been worried about in this country is a group of folks who act as lone wolves, who could blow up areas in this country and kill a lot of people. >> right. >> and that's a harder thing to guard against. >> absolutely, it is. and here's something regarding the no-fly list and we'll move on. last hour i spoke with representative eleanor holmes norton in d.c., and she said what she hopes to happ
i -- i do find congressman boehner's statement to be distinctly unhelpful, however. as pat says, the fact is, the local authorities, local police, fbi, the national intelligence folks, worked very closely together. they captured this guy in 53 hours. i mean, that is really extraordinary. i think when it comes to no-fly list, they had 24 hours to put a name on there. the name was on the fly list, they just didn't check it. now they're going to go to two hours. so i think you're always doing...
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if one of the byproducts is that speaker boehner can't fill the committee and has to bring it down to size a little bit. i don't think it would be the worst thing in the world. committee to get lobbyist funded earmarks here and other types of spending. if one of the byproducts is that speaker boehner can't fill the committee and has to bring it down to size a little bit. i don't think it would be the worst thing in the world. >> ezra klein, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> so here it is. not really worst persons returns. and you see what happens, pam? do you see what happens when you promote religious hatred? behind the full-body screening and touching at airports, the real question, is this fondling necessary? does it even work? apart from inspiring another one of these animated videos. >>> and when rachel joins you at the top of the hour, she'll take a look at why senator kyl wants to put a stop to the missile treaty the russians. >>> madness at the airports, never to be seen full-body scans leak out. security officials say they won't stop the sanctioned groin groping
if one of the byproducts is that speaker boehner can't fill the committee and has to bring it down to size a little bit. i don't think it would be the worst thing in the world. committee to get lobbyist funded earmarks here and other types of spending. if one of the byproducts is that speaker boehner can't fill the committee and has to bring it down to size a little bit. i don't think it would be the worst thing in the world. >> ezra klein, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank...
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>> well, it's interesting that the speaker to be boehner wants to talk about missile defense because, actually, that's one of the key areas of the start treaty, the nuclear treaty that i write about in my book "revival" and has been a subject of contention in the senate. a lot of europeans want to talk about missile defense and how it will be established and go forward with russian cooperation because another part of the world entirely. missile defense isn't going to do anything for the south koreans. just too close to those artillery shells coming in from the north. and what you have here, you know, steve is right, the one point of sanctions because north korea is already heavily sanctioned, the one sanction that has shown any effect at all with the ones directed at the personal bank accounts of the north korean leadership. the ones that allow them to buy their whiskey and luxury goods. that had been effective in the past, but how much tighter can you screw down these sanks? >> speaking of money, steve, how does wall street view all this? >> well, uncertainty is never a good thing an
>> well, it's interesting that the speaker to be boehner wants to talk about missile defense because, actually, that's one of the key areas of the start treaty, the nuclear treaty that i write about in my book "revival" and has been a subject of contention in the senate. a lot of europeans want to talk about missile defense and how it will be established and go forward with russian cooperation because another part of the world entirely. missile defense isn't going to do anything...